Comments on: Afterlife With Archie #1http://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All KindsSat, 28 Feb 2015 16:29:19 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Sabrina Coming Back to Comics » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-144701 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:34:42 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-144701[…] Afterlife With Archie has been a smashing success for the publisher, so they’re expanding their horror line with a Sabrina comic relaunch, coming in October according to USA Today. It’ll be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who also writes Afterlife, although this one is described as darker than that. […] ]]>By: Archie Dies in the Latest Life With Archie Marketing Stunt » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-142969 Thu, 08 May 2014 11:25:00 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-142969[…] had Archie dating interracially, getting married, now dying, even a series where the characters eat each other. What I wonder is, what […] ]]>By: Archie Movie Confirmed on Hold » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-142121 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:38:00 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-142121[…] in point, the Archie movie announced last year is on hold, so they can look into an Afterlife With Archie movie instead. There’s also “a lot of discussion around Josie and Katy Keene”, […] ]]>By: Lena Dunham Working on Archie Comic » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-141927 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:05:17 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-141927[…] 4,500 copies for its first issue, which sounds ridiculously low) as well as the current success Afterlife With Archie (which does much better with 42,000 sold). Aguirre-Sacasa works on the Glee TV show and is based in […] ]]>By: Archie’s New Focus on Boys, Not Girls » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-141000 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 01:53:33 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-141000[…] made me realize something. As Archie targets the comic market more actively — Afterlife With Archie, the zombie title, is direct-market-only, while The Fox is a revamped superhero, and variant covers […] ]]>By: Great Art: Francesco Francavilla’s Batman 1972 » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-140895 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:17:18 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-140895[…] ’66 is a big success, right? The talented Francesco Francavilla (artist on Afterlife With Archie, his own Black Beetle, and a number of Marvel comics) has posted at his art Tumblr concept art for […] ]]>By: Good Comics at the Comic Shop November 20 » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-135405 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:04:33 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-135405[…] second issue of Afterlife With Archie (Archie Comics, $2.99) is out. Its launch last month was surprisingly successful, given that the […] ]]>By: KC Reviews Afterlife With Archie » Comics Worth Readinghttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-133090 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:03:15 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-133090[…] latest Westfield column presents his thoughts on the recent Afterlife With Archie (which I also reviewed). He also talks about Archie’s other current comics and what’s going on with those […] ]]>By: Johannahttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-132639 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:18:22 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-132639Ah, well, that’s a touchy subject. I can’t say I disagree with you, but many people will. ]]>By: jfirehttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-132628 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:07:34 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-132628you’re probably right. It strikes me as a sort of emotional/social retardation.

I have kids, so that puts things in another light. I think it’s too bad young children can’t pick up just any Batman and Spider-Man comic. My heyday of reading superhero comics was probably age 10-15. The comics I read weren’t kiddie — this was the late Bronze Age — but also grim for the sake of it and completely self-referential. I like re-reading that stuff, and reading stuff I missed. I like some current superhero stuff, which doesn’t seem that much different from the sort of stuff I enjoyed as a kid: Daredevil, Superior Spider-Man, etc. But the “Dark Knight” model of screwing with characters leaves me cold. If I want something adult and “mature” I look at something other than superheroes for it. Superheroes are for kids. Or should be.

]]>By: Johannahttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-132627 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:39:21 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-132627Because our culture no longer 1) has a shared idea of what being “grown up” means and 2) wants to stay as young as it can as long as it can? Dunno. If I was going to study the phenomenon from a pop culture focus, I’d probably start with video games, but comics would be a close second as exhibiting this criteria.

Alternately, it could be as simple as “I love this and I don’t want to let it go, so I’m going to tell stories with these characters as long as I can.”

]]>By: jfirehttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-132624 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:30:08 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-132624I realize this is so, but the question in my mind is “why?” ]]>By: Johannahttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130937 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:00:40 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130937You’ve just called most of the output of DC and Marvel into question. :) Clearly, many people get entertainment from seeing adult stories using children’s characters (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law also comes to mind). ]]>By: jfirehttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130935 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:27:46 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130935I get that the comic is intended for older readers. But why? Why would any adult want to read a comic where characters intended for children are placed in a “mature” context? The whole thing makes me a little queasy. Really, what’s the enjoyable aspect to this? On the surface, the displacement of characters — putting them in this seemingly inappropriate context — is humorous. But isn’t the joke pretty thin and unsophisticated? ]]>By: Johannahttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130934 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:48:40 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130934James, funny you should mention Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, since I thought about it as well — the look is very similar, very noir-influenced.

JFire, according to Tim O’Shea, this title is comic shop-only, which I didn’t realize. I think that puts their labeled mature content in a different light, since the audience is much more likely to know exactly what they’re buying.

Anthony, I’ve got the Sabrina cartoon set up on my DVR. We’ll see what it looks like!

@Johanna: There’s a new Sabrina cartoon debuting on The Hub this Saturday, which involves her using her powers in a more adventure-themed tone. It seems to have taken a few cues from the Sabrina manga (Shinji… or someone with his name… is in this series). Sabrina also still appears in reprints in the Archie digests (Betty and Veronica’s title).

]]>By: jfirehttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130924 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:59:40 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130924The Archie line is among the few comics appropriate to and seemingly intended for younger readers. It’s disappointing that the characters are being taken out of context this way for the amusement of older readers who ought to be too mature for this sort of silliness. Why not leave the characters alone? I’ve nothing against comics intended for older audiences, but why not use original characters instead of missing with old ones? ]]>By: James Scheehttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130923 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:20:34 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130923It was a good read. I still don’t like the idea though. But with quality creators it was a good read. I think I’d lke it better if it was Archie character archetypes, like the Criminal series had a little while back. ]]>By: Johannahttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130922 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:45:51 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130922Oh, could be. And I can see the need for that kind of plot — it would bother me less, though, if we saw more of the character regularly, so she could be shown competently as well. ]]>By: Anthonyhttp://comicsworthreading.com/2013/10/09/afterlife-with-archie-1/comment-page-1/#comment-130920 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:54 +0000http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=32984#comment-130920Maybe the writer’s influenced by the Sabrina sitcom’s portrayal of her, where she does often see spells backfire? ]]>